2012 Canfield Swap Meet: BS Approved Cars and Stuff Gallery
(Photos by John Milk) – BangShifter John Milk hit the 2012 Canfield Swap Meet in Canfield, Ohio with his camera, too much cash, and all the good intentions in the world to take photos, buy a...
Good News: Two Drag Strips Are Officially Undead – Irwindale and Capitol Raceway Up and Running Again
Here’s a quick follow up note on two race tracks that were in serious limbo over the past couple of months. Happily we can tell you that both the drag strip at Irwindale Speedway in Irwindale,...
eBay Find: The Nicest 1981 Yenko Turbo-Z Camaro on Earth
The 1981 Yenko Turbo-Z Camaro marks the final effort from muscle car legend Don Yenko to take a normal factory high performance car and elevate it to “super car” levels. Starting with...
Epic Fail: Man Shopping For New Car After Crashing in Police Chase Crashes Car in Dealer Showroom
This is certainly one of those “fact is stranger than fiction” stories. Ender Durgut was involved in a high speed chase back in March which saw him drive over spike strips and continue...
Watch Jamey Smith Attempt a Full Lap at Laguna Seca in a Mustang on Two Wheels!
Regular BangShift readers know Jamey Smith. He’s the stunt driver and gearhead that has appeared in Hot Rod and a bunch of videos on both the internet and big screens of your local cinema....
Watch a Lunatic Norwegian Formula Off Road Racer Run Full Tilt With the Hood Flipped Up! This Guy is Crazy!
The men who race in the crazy Norwegian Formula Off Road series are a breed apart. Piloting trucks that are hybrids of mud boggers, sand rails, rock buggies, and dragsters, these paddle tired world...
Watch the 2013 GT500 Mustang Make Hot Laps of The Nurburgring Ring in Germany
The hotly awaited 2013 Ford Mustang GT500 has been spotted and captured on video making laps around the famed Nurburgring in Germany. The car sounds 100% bad ass when wailing along, that is for sure....
Caption This Photo: Drag Racing is Hard
(Photo by Joe Grippo) – There are some days at the strip that fly by and everything goes as smooth as glass. Then there are the other days, like the one these guys in the photo below are having...
Project Buford T Justice Hits the Dyno and Goes KABLOOEY! CARNAGE VIDEO INSIDE!
After we ran Buford T Justice at the strip and the 4,000lb tank shocked us with elapsed times in the 15-second range, we were immediately intrigued as to the actual power output of the 185,000 mile...
Watch a Skid Plate Race From Bowman Gray Stadium
Any gearhead who has had access to both a front wheel drive and plastic lunch trays has combined the two for magical parking lot hilarity. Skidding a car around like this is really fun and so long as...
Gallery: Wheels Up Farm Tractor Pulling Action!
There’s not much like a good old fashioned farm tractor pull to satisfy your gearhead soul. It is the most basic form of mechanical competition on Earth and it is the internally combusted...
Caption this Photo: Something Doesn’t Feel Right
(Photo Bob Chiluk/Greg Rourke) – Lots of GM 10-bolt rears died on the drag strips of America this recently passed weekend. I saw two of them blow up at New England Dragway and Chiluk/Rourke saw...
Drag Gallery: Killer Sportsman Action From RT 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois
(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – BangShift’s two man photog platoon, Bob Chiluk and Greg Rourke took to the famous Rt 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois last weekend to shoot some...
Watch the Totally Bitchin’ Trailer to a Documentary About the Famous Big Red 1969 Camaro of RJ Gottlieb
Big Red is one of if not the single greatest road legal 1969 Camaro in history. Built by Dan and RJ Gottlieb and used to compete in dozens of different events, the car can run 220mph flat out during...
